Syria .. 400 thousand ghost names in the records of workers in the country

The Syrian government revealed a wide reform plan aimed at fighting corruption and stimulating investment, through measures that include removing fictitious employees, closing ineffective companies, and restructuring the public sector to reduce convincing unemployment.

The Syrian Finance Minister, Mohamed Abazid, said in statements to Reuters, that there are 400 thousand ghost names in the records of workers in the country, and to remove them that would provide large resources to the state, stressing that the volume of corruption was greater than what the new government expected..

Abazid added that some state -owned companies “seem to be only present to steal resources,” noting that the government intends to close and redirect resources towards more productive sectors.

For his part, the Agency Minister of Economy told the agency that there is a major shift towards the competitive free market economy.

In the context of restructuring the public sector, the Syrian Minister of Administrative Development revealed that the Syrian state will need between 550 thousand and 600 thousand workers only, which is less than half of the current number, which indicates a government plan to reduce government employment and improve its efficiency.

The Syrian Ministry of Labor also announced in a statement to Reuters that due to the non -administrative incompetence and convincing unemployment, a number of employees were placed on a paid vacation for a period of three months to evaluate their job status..

In the same context, three Syrian ministers confirmed to Reuters that the new government hopes to increase foreign and local investment worldwide to create new job opportunities..

Clearing the names of 300 thousand government employees

In previous statements during an interview with Al -Jazeera channel, the Syrian Minister of Finance explained that the government started to increase salaries by 400 % to improve the conditions of employees, indicating that the average salary in Syria ranges between 20 and 25 dollars, and that the majority of the Syrian people are under the poverty line.

Abazid said that the government is facing great economic challenges, and does not have a magic stick to solve Syria’s economic problems, “noting that the ministry will remove the names of 300 thousand government employees..

He also mentioned that the new Syrian administration “seeks to restructure the job, to address the sagging in government institutions,” explaining that there are no real numbers for employees, and the reality indicates that there are about 900 thousand employees. “